House of the Dragon season 2 leaks online days ahead of premiere

With less than a week to go for the release of the much-anticipated finale episode of House of The Dragons season 2, several scenes from it have already been leaked on TikTok.

One TikTok account posted 14 videos and roughly 30 minutes of footage from the unaired finale; the videos had lakhs of views. Although the TikTok account was banned, the videos creeped into Twitter/X and Reddit.

This is not the first time that such an incident has disappointed fans. House of the Dragon season 1 finale episode too was leaked two days before its air date in October 2022.

Game of Thrones too has had its fair share of leaks over the eight seasons that it ran. Many episodes of the final season appeared on illegal sides.

House of the Dragon, which is the prequel to the hit series Game of Thrones, follows the events two centuries before the original. The ten episodes of the prequel's first season depicted how the House of Targaryen fell into a bitter and brutal civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons — presaging the beginning of the end of the ruling family of Westeros.

The series, created by authors George RR Martin and Ryan J Condal, based on Martin's novel Fire & Blood, stars an ensemble cast including Paddy Considine, Emmy D'Arcy, Matt Smith, Rhys Ifans, Olivia Cooke and Fabien Frankel. Previously announced newcomers are Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull, Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers, Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower, and Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Strong.

House of the Dragon has Ryan Condal as the co-runner of the series. The series is available to stream on JioCinema Premium in India.